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Bottom Up
Declaring droughts in times of pregnant rivers, lakes, wetlands
Officially, countries that were hitherto known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, that is Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi, are…
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Bagamoyo: Yes, Malawians are hurting
People have received an avalanche of reactions to our entry of last week. Some have agreed with us. Others have…
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Happy Birthday, King Jesus Christ
For Christians, end of December is a holy season when we reflect upon the simplicity of the birth of greatness…
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Try this AI in project planning, monitoring
We have been asked to repeat what we said sometime and give concrete examples of where Appreciative Inquiry AI) has…
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Mzuni at 25: Thank you Bakili Muluzi
This year, Mzuzu University (Mzuni) has turned 25 years. Happy birthday Mzuni. Led by our indomitable, impeccable and unimpeachable genuine…
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Get well soon, Madonna
Led by our indefatigable, infallible, inimitable, unimpeachable Genuine Professor, Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66 and MEGA-1, we are herein Changsha,…
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Let’s try the Uganda model for managing refugees
Refugees. Asylum seekers. Illegal immigrants. Economic immigrants. Economic saboteurs. These are some of the many unpalatable words that have been…
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Join us in cholera sensitisation at Tukombo
This week we are here at Tukombo to sensitise the Tukomboans on how to prevent cholera infections. We left Hafu-Wani…
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Mr President, build Orton Chirwa mausoleum
Moseliwa Bwana President Chakwera, We write from the United States of Thyolo and Mulanje to plead with you to be…
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Lessons from recent cyclones affecting Malawi
When exper ts warned that climate change would adversely affect the livelihoods of poor people in poor, sorry, developing countries,…
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Meet man maintaining Michiru road, unpaid
Those who have lived in Blantyre City for more than one decade will agree. The Michiru area in Blantyre City…
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Should we continue swearing oaths of office on Bible, Qur’an?
For us, members of the Bottom Up expedition led by the indomitable and indefatigable Prof. Dr Joyce Befu, MEGA-1, 2021…
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Saving water by cutting insatiable trees
It sounds contradictory, doesn’t it, that while common ‘scientific’ wisdom holds that to save water in the soil we need…
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How Malawi underdeveloped Northern Region
In chiTonga, the language of the Tonga of Malawi, Malawi stands for three things. Firstly, Malawi is that protected name…
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Congrats Hakainde Hichilema, Taliban
In the past two weeks we have witnessed change of government in Zambia and Afghanistan using different ‘democratic’ methods. In…
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Charcoal production, consumption: The reality
There is something strange about Malawi. In school, we all think about transforming our country upon graduation. We feel convinced…
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Your Excellency, people are frustrated
Your Excellency, unto you we address this epistle. We, who live here, in the lowest rung of the social ladder,…
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When undertakers are chased away
Once upon a time, in the night, right in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba, and Mzuzu, we could hear the lowing, cackling,…
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Disconnecting water, electricity from hospitals is criminal
Malawi is run on laws. Chapter four of Malawi’s republican Constitution lays out the rights of Malawians and residents. These…
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Bring back Mudzi Transformation Trust, Beam
In 2013, almost 13 months after ascending to the high office of President of the Republic of Malawi following the…
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